The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 253
FIG. 4. 234 Alchemy and Pharmacy. mortar, but were covered in at the top, having ahole in the centre through which the pestle wasworked. They were made of stone and wood.A beautiful example of a wooden quern is de- picted in Fig. 5. … FIG. 5. It stands thirteen incheshigh, and is made of veryhard wood. It is an ex-quisite specimen of theturners art, some of theside mouldings being ofgreat delicacy, no thickerthan a fine needle, yetperfectly true in everyparticular. The pestle wasworked through the holein the centre of…
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